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For 23 years, the Howard County Conservancy has been a staple in the county's western landscape, a sprawling, 232-acre farm in Woodstock that, on any given day, is teeming with schoolchildren or outdoor enthusiasts. Yet the eastern portion of Howard — namely the towns of Elkridge and Jessup — have sometimes seemed like a distant world for conservancy officials to attract. That might be about to change, though, as the nonprofit conservancy will have an opportunity to extend its reach to the east.

A man has been charged with first-degree arson in a Elkridge motel fire, which Howard County police said resulted from a domestic dispute. Police said Barry Lee Murphy, 48, started a fire Monday in the room at the White Elk Motel on U.S. 1 belonging to a female acquaintance, with whom Murphy had been involved in a domestic dispute earlier in the day. Officers were called to the motel at 8:45 p.m. Monday for a trespassing complaint at Room E....

Lena Miller was all smiles as family and friends gathered to wish her a happy birthday Wednesday at Timbuktu Restaurant. The 100-year-old Elkridge resident smiled when she received balloons and when she talked about enjoying her favorite breakfast that morning - bagels with cream cheese and lox. When Alvin G. Thomas, president and CEO of New Life Assisted Living, presented her with a proclamation from Howard County Executive Ken Ulman stating that...

POLICE* Ellicott City2500 block of Jonathan Road: A mailbox was smashed between 11:30 p.m. Sunday and 4 a.m. Monday.13200 block of Hunt Ridge: Someone threw eggs at a bay window and pulled up driveway lights between 9 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 a.m. Monday.3300 block of North Chatham Road: Someone stole a $200 Kenwood AM-FM stereo cassette player and a $75 crystal set with a decanter and six glasses from a 1988 Chevrolet Blazer about 7 p.m. Monday. The crystal set was a Christmas present.* ElkridgeD8 6100 block of Old Baltimore Washington Road: Someonesmashed glass to the Old Elkridge Elementary School between 4 p.m. Dec. 23 and 9 a.m. Tuesday, and stole food.